Ebola latest: Ebola nurse released seven days before quarantine end
Updated : 11:37
Welcome to our rolling coverage of the Ebola crisis. Refresh for updates on the outbreak as they happen.
2131: Thomas Duncan, the first victim of Ebola in the US, was released from hospital with a 39.4C fever on his first visit, despite telling a nurse he had recently returned from Africa and exhibiting symptoms of the virus, it was revealed on Friday.
1759: The number of people killed by the Ebola outbreak has risen above 4,000, the World Health Organization said.
1703: Leading global health experts did not anticipate the scale of the Ebola outbreak, according to the BBC. Chris Dye from the World Health Organization (WHO) said the international response was helping but more effort was needed. "We've asked for a response of about $1bn (£618m)," he said. "So far we have around $300m (£185m) with more being pledged, so a bit less than half of what we need but it's climbing quickly all the time."
1519: William Bremer, senior industrial and infrastructure analyst at Maxim Group, is doing due dilligence into Alpha Pro Tech Ltd., a manufacturer of kit used by teams involved in emergency situations such as dealing with cases of Ebola, Marketwatch.com reports. Shares of the company, which does not currently have any analyst coverage, are surging by 27%.
1229: UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said screening of people at border security was necessary to protect people from the Ebola virus. People arriving from areas hit by Ebola will face enhanced screening at Heathrow, Gatwick and Eurostar terminals. They will be asked questions and potentially given a medical assessment. "Quite rightly, we're taking all the steps we can to keep our own people safe here in the UK,” Cameron said. "What we do is we listen to the medical advice and we act on that advice and that's why we're introducing the screening processes at the appropriate ports and airports."
1131: First analysis shows there was "small probability" a Briton who died in Macedonia on Thursday had the Ebola virus, according to health officials. "There is a small probability he had Ebola, but we have to wait for the full results," Dr. Jovanka Kostovska of the Macedonia ministry's commission for infectious diseases, told a news conference, according to Reuters.
Kostovska said the hotel where the Briton had been staying remained sealed off and blood and tissue samples have been sent to Frankfurt for testing. There have been no other suspicious cases in Macedonia, the doctor added.
1000: A spokesman for Gatwick had told BBC that "we've not had anything at all. We're still waiting for Public Health England (to let us know)."
A Heathrow spokesman on the other hand said it had begun working with Public Health England to put the new measures in place, adding that the risk of a traveller contracting Ebola had been assessed as low.
0853: On the UK front, officials are trying to determine if a British man in Macedonia died of the disease. Staying in a hotel with his friend, both fell ill. The deceased man had some of the symptoms of Ebola but it has not been confirmed that he had actually contracted the disease.
Meanwhile, the Spanish press is filled with criticism of the government's handling of the virus and containment. Most noteworthy, several representatives made conflicting reports on the status of the infected nurse Teresa Romero which forced the hospital to clarify that the patient had not died.
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2044: About 200 cabin cleaners at New York’s La Guardia Airport have decided to strike over what they say are safety concerns, as concerns on the Ebola virus continue to grow.
1842: French authorities seal off building near Paris over suspected Ebola cases , French media have reported
1730: Downing Street is expected to soon announce that it will beef up its screening at airports for signs of Ebola following the death of the first patient diagnosed with the virus in the US.
1611: The brother of Teresa Romero, the Spanish nurse who was diagnosed with Ebola on Monday, has said his sister's conditions have worsened and that she was now being helped with her breathing in hospital. Meanwhile, two of the doctors who treated Romero have been admitted for observation at the Carlos III hospital, though so far neither of the two doctors had shown Ebola symptoms, hospital officials said.
1540: According to reports in a Turkish newspaper, a Turkish worker has been hospitalized in Istanbul after signs of high fever and diarrhea, while German health officials have confirmed a third Ebola patient has arrived in the country, after contracting the disease in Liberia.
1311: The emergency room doctor that attended the first nurse infected by the virus Teresa Romero stated that the ambulance took five hours to get her to the hospital after the second test said she was infected by the virus.
1253: World Bank president Jim Kim has admitted the globe had “failed miserably” in its response to the Ebola virus. “It’s late. It’s really late,” he said in an interview with the Guardian before the annual meeting of the Washington-based organisation this weekend.
“We should have done so many things. Healthcare systems should have been built. There should have been monitoring when the first cases were reported. There should have been an organised response.”
1150: Spanish news coverage continues to focus on the dog that was put to sleep amidst fear of contagion. “Its existence was a risk for humans and the only solution was euthanasia,” Madrid authorities insisted.
1129: Rúben Moreno, Spanish government's health department spokesman, told Congress that safety protocols must be changed, “but not just in Spain, but in the entire world”.
1120: The UK government has attempted to calm the public but said it has no plans to screen for Ebola at border points. "There’s no need for hysteria or panic of that kind,” said defence secretary Michael Fallon. He cited advice from the WHO, saying that "screening is best done when you leave a country [...] rather than the country you come into".
0900: An Australian nurse has been hospitalised after reporting symptoms of the deadly Ebola virus.
The nurse, Sue Ellen Kovack, 57, had been working with the Red Cross in Sierra Leone with Ebola victims. She returned home to Cairns, Queensland, on Tuesday were she is undergoing medical assessments after developing a slight temperature.
On Wednesday, Texas Health hospital announced Thomas Eric Duncan died in Dallas after being hospitalised with the Ebola virus last week.
Excalibur, the dog of the Spanish nurse who has been diagnosed with Ebola in Madrid, has been put down, according to sources from the Ministry of Health of the Community of Madrid.
Later at night, six people were admitted to Carlos III hospital in Madrid for possible Ebola contagion.